Yasuzō Masumura
Directing
Yasuzo Masumura (増村 保造 Masumura Yasuzō, August 25, 1924 - November 23, 1986) was a Japanese film director. Masumura was born in Kōfu on Honshū. After dropping out of a law course at the University of Tokyo he worked as an assistant director at the Daiei studio, later returning to university to study philosophy; he graduated in 1949. He then won a scholarship allowing him to study film in Italy at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia under Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. Masumura returned to Japan in 1953 and from 1955 worked as a second-unit director on films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and Kon Ichikawa, before directing his own first film, Kisses, in 1957. Over the next three decades he directed around 60 films in a variety of genres. His work is noted for his dark satire and fluid style. Notable films include Red Angel, Black Test Car, Giants and Toys, Blind Beast and Hoodlum Soldier.
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movieLullaby of Death
1982
Director
movieThe Garden of Eden
1980
Director
tvAkai Shisen
1980
Director
tvRed Storm
1979
Director
tvAkai Shougeki
1976
Director
movieLullaby of the Earth
1976
Director
movieMain Line to Terror
1975
Director
movieMusic
1972
Director
movieGames
1971
Director
movieThe Hot Little Girl
1970
Director
movieAn Ode to Yakuza
1970
Director
moviePlay It Cool
1970
Director
movieVixen
1969
Director
movieThousand Cranes
1969
Director
movieBlind Beast
1969
Director
movieOne Day at Summer's End
1968
Director
movieThe Sex Check
1968
Director
movieThe Great Villains
1968
Director
movieLove for an Idiot
1967
Director
movieTwo Wives
1967
Director
movieRed Angel
1966
Director
movieThe School of Spies
1966
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movieIrezumi
1966
Director
movieSeisaku's Wife
1965
Director
movieHoodlum Soldier
1965
Director
movieSuperexpress
1964
Director
movieManji
1964
Director
movieLove and Greed
1964
Director
movieFools at Work
1964
Director
movieSentimental Mobsters
1963
Director
movieWhen Women Lie
1963
Director
movieBlack Report
1963
Director
movieA Woman's Life
1962
Director
movieBlack Test Car
1962
Director
movieStolen Pleasure
1962
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movieThe Burdened Sisters
1961
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movieA Wife Confesses
1961
Director
movieA Lustful Man
1961
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movieLove and Life
1961
Director
movieThe False Student
1960
Director
movieAfraid to Die
1960
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movieA Woman's Testament
1960
Director
movieAcross the Darkness
1959
Director
movieBeauty the Enemy
1959
Director
movieThe Cast-Off
1959
Director
movieThe Most Valuable Wife
1959
Director
movieDisobedience
1958
Director
movieThe Lowest Man
1958
Director
movieGiants and Toys
1958
Director
movieThe Precipice
1958
Director
movieWarm Current
1957
Director
movieThe Blue Sky Maiden
1957
Director
movieKisses
1957
Director
movieBridge of Japan
1956
Assistant Director
moviePunishment Room
1956
Assistant Director
movieStreet of Shame
1956
Assistant Director
moviePrincess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
Assistant Director
movieMadame Butterfly
1954
Assistant Director
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movieThe Setting Sun
2022
Screenplay
movieDouble Suicide of Sonezaki
1978
Screenplay
movieMain Line to Terror
1975
Screenplay
movieHanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973
Screenplay
movieMusic
1972
Screenplay
tvシークレット部隊
1972
Writer
movieJust for You
1970
Screenplay
moviePlay It Cool
1970
Screenplay
movieVixen
1969
Screenplay
movieThe House of Wooden Blocks
1968
Screenplay
movieThe Great Villains
1968
Screenplay
movieA Certain Killer
1967
Screenplay
movieSuperexpress
1964
Screenplay
movieSentimental Mobsters
1963
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